Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Some acts can move from being deemed deviant to being declared illegal, such as using a cell phone while driving or smoking cigarettes in public.
2. There is one definition of what crime is, and it is the same in all countries.
3. While most mala in se activities are also considered highly deviant, this is not necessarily the case for mala prohibita acts.
4. Criminology is the scientific study of crime.
5. Joanne Belknap states she prefers to use the term crime processing, criminal processing, and criminal legal system, given that “the processing of victims and offenders [is] anything but ‘just.’”


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True

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